Track-construction.



F. C. WHITE. TRACK CONSTRUCTION. APPLICAHON FILEU1AN.I4.!9I6.

Patented Out. 24, 19M.

INVENTOR ,FERDINAND CIYYMTE W M ATTORNEY FERDINAND 0. WHITE, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

TRACK CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed January 14, 1916.

To all u'lwm it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnnmnaxn C. VVnI'rn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo. in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Track Construction, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in track construction, and relates more specifically to a method of placing and securing the ties in a concrete base.

The invention has for its primary object,

the provision of. a track in which the ties formed of wood, metal. or the like. may be embedded in a concrete base in such manner as to prevent spreading of the rails secured upon the ties or movement of the ties within or withdrawal of said ties from the base.

. In this method of constructing the track, the ties are to be. tapered toward one end and the alternating ties reversed, thereby making it absolutely impossible for the ties to move with a rail of the track toward either side of the base.

The invention has for another object, the provision of ties of this character which will also be provided with beveled sides whereby the ties may be received in dovetail grooves in the base.

The invention has for a further object, the provision of a method. whereby the track may be constructed in such manner that when the rails are secured to the ties, the rails and ties can not be raised or moved in any direction, but when the rails are removed, the ties may be readily forced out of the base by the application of force to the narrower ends of the ties.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention resides in the novel construcon, embination, and arrangement of parts as li ei; ter set forth in the specification, pointed out in the claims, and shown in the drawings, in which Figure l is a perspeotiveview showing a portion of the track constructed in accordance with the. present invention; Fig. 2 is a, detail view of one of the ties removed; and Fig. 3 is a transverse' section through one of the ties and a portion of the base within which the tie is positioned.

Referring more particularly to the drawings in which-similar reference characters Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24.1916.

Serial No. 72.136.

designate corresponding parts throughout the several 'views. 1 designates the ties which may beconstructed of any suitable material and which are tapered toward one end, the sides of the ties also being beveled toward the narrow ends of the same, as will be readily understood by referring to Fig. 3 of the drawings.

The ties 1 are placed in parallelrelation with alternate ties reversed to bring the narrow end of the same between the wide ends of the adjacent ties, as will be readily understood by referring to Fig. l of the drawings. The ties are embedded in a concrete base 2 which may be constructed before the ties are placed in position and provided with proper grooves 33 to receive the ties 1 if desired, or the ties may be placed in position and the concrete base :2 formed around the ties. No matter which method is followed, however, the result is the same as the ties 1 are embedded in the base 2 in such manner as to prevent movement of the ties except in one direction. toward one side of the base.

The rail suporting plates 4 are positioned upon the ties 1, the upper faces of which ties are flush with the upper face of the base 2. as will be readily apparent from Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings and the rail supporting plates 4 are tapered toward one end and turned to correspond with the ties 1 upon which they are positioned. The plates 4 are provided with suitable openings 5 at their opposite ends to receive the rail securing spikes or bolts usually employed to secure the rails 6 in proper position. the securing members being driven into the ties 1 and thereby locking the same with the rails 6. It" will therefore be seen that while movement of the rails in one direction across the base 2 may be permitted by certain of the ties 1, this movement will be prevented by the remaining ties as movement of alternate ties in a direction which would withdraw the same from their respective grooves 3 would cause a tightening of the remaining ties in their respective grooves 3. It will therefore be seen that the rails 6 are securely fastened in proper position with only the use of ordinary securing spikes. Furthermore, the rails cannot be raised with the ties fasened to the same on account of the manner in which they are embedded in the base 2. As soon as the securing members are withdrawn from a. tie 1, however, this rebase,

leased tie may be forced out of its groove 3 by the application of proper force to the small end of said tie 1.

While the preferred embodiments of the invention have been shown and described" it will be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, and arrangement of parts mav be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages of the same.

What is claiimed is:

1. A track construction comprising a base, longitudinally tapered ties embedded in said the alternate ties being reversed to bring the narrow ends of the same between the wide ends of the adjacent ties, and rail supporting plates resting upon sail ties 2. A track construction comprising a base having longitudinally tapered transverse moves, the alternate grooves being tapered. in opposite directions. correspondingly ta pered ties positioned in said grooves with their upper faces flush with the. upper face of the base,'antl correspondingly tapered rail supporting plates resting upon said ties.

3. A track construction comprising a base,

longitudinall tapered ties embedded base and provided with vertically tapered shims to prcrcnt rising of said tics from said base, and tapered rail supporting plates resting upon said ties and adapted. to be secured to the latter by the rail securii'ig members.

-l. A train]! sanstrurtion ohmprising a base, ties longitudinally tapered toward one end embedded in said base and. alternately arranged across said base with the sides of each tie parallel at the wider end of the tie and gradually tapered vertically toward the narrow end, and a tapering wear supporting plate on said ties.

5. In a track construction, having a body longitudinally one end to the other. the sides of said ties being parallel at the wider end of the tie and gradually tapering vertically therefrom to the narrow end.

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